- attack, onslaught, onset, onrush - (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn"
--1 is a kind of operation, military operation
--1 has parts: assault
--1 has particulars:Derived forms: verb attack3, verb attack1 - attack - a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; "an attack of diarrhea"
--2 is a kind of affliction
--2 has particulars:anxiety attack; flare; seizure, ictus, raptus; touch, spot; stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA; paroxysm, fit, convulsion; hysterics; occlusion; heart attack - fire, attack, flak, flack, blast - intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"
--3 is a kind of criticism, unfavorable judgment
Derived form: verb attack2 - attack, attempt - the act of attacking; "attacks on women increased last year"; "they made an attempt on his life"
--4 is a kind of crime, law-breaking
--4 has particulars: assaultDerived form: verb attack4 - attack - an offensive move in a sport or game; "they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning"
--5 is a kind of turn, play
--5 has particulars: counterattack, counterplay- attack - the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent); "the film was sensitive to attack by acids"; "open to attack by the elements"
--6 is a kind of degeneration, devolution
Derived form: verb attack6 - approach, attack, plan of attack - ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation; "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons"; "an attack on inflation"; "his plan of attack was misguided"
--7 is a kind of conceptualization, conceptualisation, formulation
--7 has particulars: avenue- attack, tone-beginning - a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
--8 is a kind of beginning, start, commencement
- attack - strong criticism; "he published an unexpected attack on my work"
--9 is a kind of criticism, unfavorable judgment
--9 has particulars:aspersion, calumny, slander, defamation, denigration - fire, attack, flak, flack, blast - intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"
- attack, assail - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"
--1 is one way to fight, struggle
Antonyms: defend
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun attack1, noun attacker1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault - attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
--2 is one way to knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun attack3, noun attacker1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- attack, aggress - take the initiative and go on the offensive; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack"
--3 is one way to act, move
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun attack1, noun attacker1
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
=> Somebody ----s something
=> Somebody ----s somebody
- assail, assault, set on, attack - attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun attack4, noun attacker1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- attack - set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task; "I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed"
--5 is one way to get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun attacker1
Somebody ----s something
- attack - begin to injure; "The cancer cells are attacking his liver"; "Rust is attacking the metal"
--6 is one way to affect
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun attack6, noun attacker1
Something ----s something